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UrduYERSEKE (THE NETHERLANDS), 29 JUNE 2020 – Coastal wetlands like salt marshes are increasingly recognized as valuable natural defenses that protect coasts against strong wave attacks. Yet their performance during real-world, extreme storms has rarely been told. By digging into…
Month: June 2020
Cartwheeling light reveals new optical phenomenon
Rice University study finds novel type of polarized light-matter interaction
Salk researchers accelerate, expand COVID-19 research
Salk scientists tackle COVID-19 pandemic with innovative research projects on immunity, vaccine development, viral imaging and more
Fat cells found to play a central role in renal failure-associated cardiomyopathy
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – New research from a team at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine reveals the central role of fat cells in the systemic oxidant stress observed in renal failure-associated cardiomyopathy. The research, published June 25…
Hackensack Meridian CDI scientists uncover signposts in DNA for cancer, disease risk
Inclusion of cancer samples in detailed surveys, down to the level of single alleles, provides information about risks of cancer and some common diseases
Multifunctional nanofiber protects against explosions
Material could protect soldiers, firefighters, astronauts and more
Newly designed ligands for a catalytic reaction to synthesize drugs and useful compounds
Scientists spur advances in the field of drug development by designing a novel strategy to generate useful compounds
Protein derived from tick saliva proves effective in the treatment of equine skin cancer
Experiments were conducted by scientists affiliated with the Center of Excellence in New Target Discovery, a research center supported by FAPESP, involving five animals with spontaneous skin tumors.
Osmotic stress identified as stimulator of cellular waste disposal
Cellular waste disposal, where autophagy and lysosomes interact, performs elementary functions, such as degrading damaged protein molecules, which impair cellular function, and reintroducing the resulting building blocks such as amino acids into the metabolic system. This recycling process is known…
105th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America to convene on a fully virtual platform
ESA 2020 will offer an all-virtual meeting experience August 3-6, 2020: Harnessing the ecological data revolution
Closer threats inspire a more primitive kind of fear
Different use of brain circuits may help explain the tenacity of post-traumatic stress
Sandia weapons program meets safety, design requirements
Review shows B61-12 Life Extension Program work can move forward confidently
Deforestation and land-clearing are taking a toll on Brazil’s corn yield
How agriculture is altering the climate of the Cerrado
Columbia Engineering researchers win $2M DOE award to develop power grid risk dashboard
Three Columbia Engineering professors are integrating their expertise in power grids, optimization, and financial engineering with data science techniques to build a risk dashboard to assess and predict risks to the power grid. A $2.06M Performance-based Energy Resource Feedback, Optimization,…
New eye drops may prevent a common cause of blindness
NEW YORK, NY (June 29, 2020) — Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have developed eye drops that could prevent vision loss after retinal vein occlusion, a major cause of blindness for millions of adults worldwide. A study, in…
Researchers control elusive spin fluctuations in 2D magnets
ITHACA, N.Y. – Like Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster, critical spin fluctuations in a magnetic system haven’t been captured on film. Unlike the fabled creatures, these fluctuations – which are highly correlated electron spin patterns – do actually exist,…
Using cellular networks to detect at-risk areas for spread of COVID-19
Data from existing wireless networks can pinpoint potential hotspots
Even when women outnumber men, gender bias persists among science undergrads
Is representation enough to improve gender diversity in science? A new study says there’s more to the story
New evidence for how blood clots may form in very ill COVID-19 patients
Scientists have new evidence that overactive neutrophils–a common type of circulating immune cell–may drive the life-threatening blood clots and inflammation that occur in some patients with COVID-19. High levels of the sticky, pathogen-trapping webs produced by the cells were associated…
Asteroid impact, not volcanoes, made the Earth uninhabitable for dinosaurs
Modelling of the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago shows it created a world largely unsuitable for dinosaurs to live in. The asteroid, which struck the Earth off the coast of Mexico at the end of the Cretaceous era…
Nanotechnology applied to medicine: The first liquid retina prosthesis
Liquid, biocompatible and micro-injectable, the new retinal prosthesis is an aqueous suspension of photoactive nanoparticles that functionally replace the photoreceptors of the retina damaged by degenerative diseases and aging
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood… or is it?
EAST LANSING, Mich. – How do you feel about your neighborhood now that you’ve been confined during a pandemic? A Michigan State University researcher conducted a study to quantify what makes people happy with their neighborhoods and discovered that it…
Producing a gaseous messenger molecule inside the body, on demand
Method could shed light on nitric oxide’s role in the neural, circulatory, and immune systems
Engineers use ‘DNA origami’ to identify vaccine design rules
In lab tests, virus-like DNA structures coated with viral proteins provoke a strong immune response in human B cells
Scientists devise gentle technique to study heart tissue functioning
Biophysicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and their colleagues have proposed a simple way to observe the heart tissue. Besides being relatively uncomplicated, the new method is cheaper and produces results that are more independent, compared with…
Team dramatically reduces image analysis times using deep learning, other approaches
WOODS HOLE, Mass. – A picture is worth a thousand words -but only when it’s clear what it depicts. And therein lies the rub in making images or videos of microscopic life. While modern microscopes can generate huge amounts of…
Women significantly more likely to be prescribed opioids, study shows
New Rochelle, NY, June 29, 2020–Women are significantly more likely to receive prescriptions of opioid analgesics. Read the study, which was performed in a nationally representative sample of adults in the U.S., in Journal of Women’s Health . Click here…
Ohio State study finds exercise increases benefits of breast milk for babies
Even moderate exercise increases compound that reduces risk of heart disease, diabetes and obesity
Even in the worst COVID-19 cases, the body launches immune cells to fight back
International collaboration provides important piece of COVID-19 puzzle
The state of coral reefs in the Solomon Islands
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation releases their latest findings from the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition in history
Staying apart during a pandemic
What The Perspective Says: The loss of human connection caused by the social and physical distancing of the COVID-19 pandemic is lamented in this piece. Authors: Nathaniel P. Morris, M.D., of Stanford University School of Medicine in California, is the corresponding…
Rethinking regional neurologic care in COVID-19 era
What The Viewpoint Says: Ways to reduce over-triage for patients with neurologic disease and finding ways to care for patients at a distance during the COVID-19 pandemic are discussed in this Viewpoint. Authors: Benjamin P. George, M.D., M..PH., and Adam…
Racial differences in rates of autopsy in the US
What The Study Did: Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were used to assess racial differences in rates of autopsy of decedents older than age 18 from 2008 to 2017. Authors: Fumiko Chino, M.D., of Memorial Sloan…
Examining association between low to moderate drinking, cognitive function in adults
What The Study Did: The association between low to moderate alcohol drinking and the rate of age-related decline in cognitive function from middle to older age was investigated in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults. Authors: Changwei Li, M.D.,…
Attitudes, psychological factors associated with behaviors among adolescents during COVID-19
What The Study Did: Psychological factors associated with adolescents’ behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic are examined in this survey study. Authors: Benjamin Oosterhoff, Ph.D., of Montana State University in Bozeman, is the corresponding author. To access the embargoed study: Visit…
German federal funding for research on the differentiation of style and topic in text data
German Ministry of Education and Research is funding Sophie Burkhardt to establish a Computer Science junior research group investigating how to independently control the content and style of texts generated using artificial intelligence
Analysis of complex geometric models made simple
Monte Carlo method dispenses with troublesome meshes
Ad blockers may benefit websites, users, and the market at large
Millions of websites, including some of the largest Internet companies (e.g., Google, Yahoo), depend on advertising as their main source of revenue, allowing them to offer their content for free. The use of software that blocks ads has surged in…
New Zealand’s ancient monster penguins had northern hemisphere doppelgangers
New Zealand’s monster penguins that lived 62 million years ago had doppelgangers in Japan, the USA and Canada, a study published today in the Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research has found. Scientists have identified striking similarities between the…
The MIT Press and UC Berkeley launch Rapid Reviews: COVID-19 journal
The new open access, rapid-review overlay journal aims to combat misinformation in COVID-19 research
Anammox bacteria generate energy from wastewater while taking a breath
A type of anaerobic bacteria responsible for more than 50 percent of nitrogen loss from marine environments has been shown to use solid-state matter present outside their cells for respiration. The finding by KAUST researchers adds to knowledge of the…
Accurate thermal-welding of resins for high-quality products
To improve the quality of small electronic components, microchannel, flat panel, and the like
Fermented food — Separating hype from facts
Upcoming webinar addresses an often overlooked aspect of fermented foods: the microbes that make it all happen
Human Brain Project announces new phase
The Human Brain Project (HBP) announces the start of its final phase as an EU-funded FET Flagship. The European Commission has signed a grant agreement to fund the HBP with 150 million Euros from now until 2023. Over the next…
Tennis: Losers move their heads more often than winners
New study on nonverbal behaviour among professional tennis players
Existing drugs can prevent SARS-CoV-2 from hijacking cells
Researchers evaluate how the new coronavirus rewires human proteins for its own replication, and identify several antiviral drugs ready for clinical trials
Casting a wider net: New system measures brain activity of several zebrafish concurrently
Novel system for simultaneously measuring brain electrical signals from multiple zebrafish opens up path to cheaper and faster drug screening for neurological disorders
A new theory about political polarization
A new model of opinion formation shows how the extent to which people like or dislike each other affects their political views–and vice versa. The resulting division of societies can even become a matter of life and death, as the current crises show.
Bayer to test new drugs using human heart tissues 3D-printed at Tel Aviv University
Technique permits faster, cheaper toxicological screening of early drug candidates
New agreements to expand access to 20 lifesaving cancer medicines in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cancer Access Partnership is expected to result in a 59 percent savings on procured cancer medicines